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said, “have no confidence in

their estimates. They have to.

_ scientists,” he

for female sperm. ‘whales in

- thé North Pacific, and stated —
¢ male quotas should be “set”

conservatively and certainly
not higher than the 1978
quotas.” Zero quotas were

recommended for both

| How “mony whales are left?

“The decisions by the
Scientific * ‘Committee are
expected to lead to hot
debate at the IWC meeting
in Tokyo. The 17 member
nations, each with one vote,

admit that they have iio idea —

_ how many whales are left. ”

“U.S. delegate Dougias
Chapman ‘told the Com-
mittee that there are “crucial
gaps in our understanding. It
is more scientific to present

; @ range of options.and ex-.

“Plain why ‘firm -recom-
‘mendations cannot be made,
. than to guess.”

The Committee

 gecommended a zero quota:

‘will decide the quotas. The

males and females off

- Western Australia. Only the

Japanese voted against the

final decisions to accept
- the Chapman's proposal. _

“Fortom. said the breeding

herds of Sperm whales have.

hunting of nursery groups,
and called for “complete
protection” of these family

groups.

“whales don’t have a vote, but
they have more and more

_ friends,

“According to Fortom,
“The French delegate, Dr.
Charles Roux, voted con-
sistently for the whales at the
last meeting, but the U.S.
' vote was poor. -—

“The Bowhead whale,” he
added, “is now in the hands

of the politicians; the

—~public- ~pressure;—~ and:

‘

scientists have no idea how

—— Many are left.”

“The struggle to save the
whales is into its final,
crucial. phase. Russia. has
agreed to phase out its.
whaling fleets beginning in
the North Pacific next year.
This decision reflects their
sensitivity to international

ee

out of the decimated

populations may doom the

whales.”

“The. Russian decision: is ©

encouraging because it was
-.unilateral. Japan
isolated. We should expect-
Japan, both. within ‘and
outside the IWC, to attempt.
picking up ‘the | quotas

recognition | that the
populations of whales have

been severely depleted.

‘Ta. fact,” the --five
phase-out plan .of the
Russians _ is unacceptable.
Having been out on the
Pacific for the last three
years, we know that. the
situation is. critical, that
there are very few whales

left. Trying to squeeze the
very last ror of. whale ot.

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